Chapter 4 Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.” Hansel and Gretel “ Two ovens sat side by side on one wall. They were the Hansel and Gretel type, big enough to shove a good-size witch inside."
National Geographic “The office was identical to Dad’s office in our house in Seattle. A thicker coating of dust on the stack of old National Geographies was the only thing that was different.”
Range Rover “Not lucky that Gram had to drive back to the cabin in the Range Rover to get the medicine while the rest of us went to bed.”
CNN “ Also, how could a project like this, headed up by my dad, not make it on CNN? ”
EKG Machine “Two hospital beds were set up on one side. I pushed aside a curtain divider. Behind it were several machines. I knew the one was an EKG machine, but the rest I was unsure of.”
"in common"“ The one quality the Yanakakis kids did have in common was obedience.” Vocabulary and Concepts
“One only had to watch her play cello for a short while to understand her depth. You don’t have to be loud or forceful to take up a lot of space in the world.”
“From how she treated us, though, you’d think she didn’t give a crap about any of us. Except Dad. He could do no wrong where she was concerned. And he ate it up, all her attention. Like he didn’t already have people groveling at his feet every day”
“...she wore a black leotard and pink toe shoes. (Her wardrobe was slightly more extensive than mine.)"
Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
Hansel and Gretel
“ Two ovens sat side by side on one wall. They were the Hansel and Gretel type, big enough to shove a good-size witch inside."
National Geographic
Range Rover
“Not lucky that Gram had to drive back to the cabin in the Range Rover to get the medicine while the rest of us went to bed.”
CNN
“ Also, how could a project like this, headed up by my dad, not make it on CNN? ”
EKG Machine
“Two hospital beds were set up on one side. I pushed aside a curtain divider. Behind it were several machines. I knew the one was an EKG machine, but the rest I was unsure of.”
"in common"
Vocabulary and Concepts
defibrillator
controlled substances
revealed
overkill
insecurities
adopted
insufficient funds
Sabbath
PolynesianIrish
Scottish
Literary Devices
“One only had to watch her play cello for a short while to understand her depth. You don’t have to be loud or forceful to take up a lot of space in the world.”
“From how she treated us, though, you’d think she didn’t give a crap about any of us. Except Dad. He could do no wrong where she was concerned. And he ate it up, all her attention. Like he didn’t already have people groveling at his feet every day”
“...she wore a black leotard and pink toe shoes. (Her wardrobe was slightly more extensive than mine.)"